September 29, 2008

Over the weekend, the Georgia Sports Blog blew past 5 million page views for the site to date. In August, we served up 297,000 page views which topped our old one month record by 20,000 pages. In September, we've served up more than 350,000 page views. That's double the site traffic from the same period last year.

I especially appreciate Quinton McDawg, Dawgnoxious, Jim Hipple and all of you who keep reading the site. I keep posting these milestone posts because you keep coming back. And of course DAWGBONE.NET!!!

I've looked around to get a sense for how big the site has grown versus our peers, and I'm pretty sure that we're now one of the Top 5 independent, single team college football blogs on the Web in terms of page views per month.

I know MGoBlog is bigger, but we stack up favorably to most of the rest. Not that it's a competition, but it's nice to have your stuff read by others. Thanks again for visiting.

PWD, great job man. I have been on here for two years or so and I check this sight about 10 times a day. I cant wait to see your post everyday. And y'all dont think the season is over yet. We are in a better position now than we were last year at this time.

I'm with Mike, I've been here now only since spring ball. This, the Senator's and AJC is all I read everyday (about 4x daily)(David Hale & ESPN's SEC occasionally, however I can't stand to post on ESPN). I believe I speak for all here, we really appreciate the time and labor you guys put into this site.

I was thinking about why I like your blog the other day and I came to the conclusion that while you have some really funny stuff, mainly you are a great table-setter or in the world of comedy "the straight man". You are a die hard fan while remaining rational and balanced. Too many bloggers try to be too much or too schticky. Great job, keep it up!

For the record...Georgia finished last year #2 in the nation that much is true. This years team had 5 starters out against Bama, 5 starters that were on the field in T-town last year when we escaped in overtime. Anybody who has any college football brains is aware that the dawgs did not play close to the level of last years team! Having said that..Florida lost Ingram and one Db....Bama has found the secret to winning in the SEC...STAY HEALTHY....I know what your gonna say.." Injuries are a part of football" i got it! Bottom line healthy or not I don't if we can compete with Bama...You just cant lose your left tackle...best d-tackle...top tackler...best rush end...top fullback in the nation...and expect to compete in the SEC....Gator fans if you think it has been tuff in the post Spurrier era just wait till Tebow is done at Florida....He is 12-5 as a starter and I can promise you players like him don't come around to often....my point is get ready for a major shift in the east....Please don't even try to compare Brantley and whoever else to Tebow...Take this post from a lifelong Georgia fan that knows all to well that college football dominace doesn't last long...ask FSU..NEBRASKA...THE U...PENN STATE...etc

Joe Moore,Very good points. We should be a different squad when healthy and back to normal - unfortunately, that isn't going to happen until next year when we get Owens, Sturdivant, and Washington back full speed. By then, their replacements will have made tremendous strides and will gain valuable experience.

But I'm not about "next year".....I'm about right now. And we have the team, when healthy, to compete for a NC.

Question - did Q. banks play Saturday? If not, add him to the list.

You mention a major shift in the east....what about a major shift in the west. Bama, Ole Miss, etc are looking up while AU is looking down. LSU - who knows??

The Gators are crying themselves a new St. Johns river here in Jacksonville after losing to an unranked team at home. In their spoiled arrogance, they actually think it's impossible for them to lose to Ole Miss at home. Here's a hint Georgia COACHING STAFF - contain PERCY HARVIN!!!